Meaning & use
salaried work
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Meaning
noununcountable
Employment for which a person is paid a fixed regular sum, usually monthly or annually, rather than hourly wages.
Grammar: Uncountable: you cannot say 'a salaried work'; say 'a salaried job' or 'some salaried work'.
Patterns
- do salaried work
- find salaried work
- salaried work in something
After years of freelance projects, she finally found salaried work at a bank.
Salaried work often comes with benefits like health insurance and paid leave.
He prefers salaried work because it provides a steady income.
Common combinations
- full-time salaried work
- She has full-time salaried work as a marketing manager.
- seek salaried work
- Many graduates seek salaried work after finishing university.
- salaried work contract
- He signed a salaried work contract with the company.
- switch to salaried work
- After years of hourly jobs, he switched to salaried work.
Synonyms and how they differ
- employment
- Employment is a general word for having a job; 'salaried work' specifically means paid a fixed salary.
- white-collar job
- A white-collar job is typically office work, often salaried, but the term focuses on the type of work, not the pay structure.
Opposites
Word family
- salary noun
- The fixed regular payment itself.
- salaried adjective
- Receiving a salary.
Commonly confused: salaried work or waged work?
salaried work vs waged work
Waged work is paid by the hour or day, while salaried work is paid a fixed sum regardless of hours.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'salaried work' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Salaried work' is uncountable, so it cannot take 'a' or a plural form. 'Some salaried work' or 'a salaried job' would also be correct.
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